Hey guys,
Being new to this field in terms of a (what I hope to eventually be) profession, I thought I’d put this out there to see not so much what people with experience are doing with Corona but what they’re doing it with.
Currently I’m using: Notepad++, Adobe Photoshop and obviously the Corona SDK and I’m working with a PC
What setup are you guys using and why?
Ok, peeps are going into a lot of detail on this so here goes:
Platform: MacBook Air + Thunderbolt display
IDE: Lua Glider (when at home or on the move), Notepad++ (when i’m sneaking my code into work when I shouldn’t be!)
Issue tracking/project management: CloudForge/TeamForge (highly recommended if you can’t afford Atlassian JIRA)
Version control: SVN via TeamForge
Graphics: Adobe CS6
Rich
I’m using…
Sublime Text 2 - it’s the most awesome editor out there!
MacMini - Apple is the best!
Pixelmator - WAY cheaper than Adobe products, but still very powerful and easy to use
Sketch - Same here
Starbucks French Roast - A useful addition to your coding assets
Working in a Windows based OS(it sucks, but I don’t have any choice, mac is to pricey)
On IDE, I’m using Outlaw IDE the free version itself is good because the only limit is the 3 group, and you can only make 3 projects within that group.
Adobe Photoshop CS6
Jam
I am using
a Macbook Air for scripting, programming and deploying of my builds
Outlaw IDE for Mac (my favourite one)
Notepad++ on my PC
SmartGit on both machines (this is important for my workspace!)
Pixelmator
Adobe Creative Suite CS3
Corona SDK Pro
My company is working on several titles on different platforms so it is fair to mention that we are using more tools/SDKs than just Corona 
Max
Wow thanks guys, it’s really cool to for myself and others too to see what exactly is being put into use out there. I’m learning all this at a university course, it’s one thing to be taught academically and to see what they’re using in a educational environment, it’s another thing to see what’s actually being used in business/personal environment. I hope more people comment!
Hi Max,
What other SDK’s are you using and why?
Well, Corona is used for mobile 2D Games. Sometimes if we want to port our games/apps to Windows/Mac as well then we use Löve2D. It uses LUA so we can easily make it work with this engine, too.
For 2.5D, 3D games we are currently working with Unity3D. There may be better 3D engines out there like CryEngine but our developers feel more familiar with Unity The current project is far away from being finished so I can not provide you with further information unfortunately 
Hopefully I am able to participate in the next Graphics 2.0 test… I would like to use Corona for 2.5D games, too.
But our current mobile game made with Corona SDK is in Alpha stage and will be announced very soon…
I did not find a better 2D engine than Corona that fits my needs (ease of use, lightweight etc).
And just a quick note: I´ve started with Corona and my projects have given me a job in a very big German game company
Max
I’m on a 2011 Macbook Pro. No extras (monitor, mouse etc). I like to move around and don’t want to get used to things that tie me down
IDE: Glider
Version Control: Mercurial + Bitbucket.org
Todo list: www.trello.com
Graphics: Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks
GoodSync to keep 2 instances of my game synchronised to have open simultaneously (when testing multiplayer).
I’m working on server side component for my game as well, using Python and MongoDB with Netbeans IDE for that.
Testing devices: iPhone 5, iPhone 4, iPad 1, Samsung Note 1, Samsung Nexus 7
Thanks for sharing Max, don’t worry I won’t ask too many questions! So Corona is definitely the way to go then. There are so many opportunities it seems when you really get to grips with it! Congrats on your job with the game company!!! Let me know when the new game’s announced I’d love to see what you guys have achieved with Corona (Success stories are always inspiring!). I have an interest in Unity but I’m afraid that route would involved dragging my wallet kicking and screaming. Not quite there yet ;)
I hadn’t heard of Love2D yet, that’s interesting!
You’re a fellow traveller then! Same here, light as possible but as powerful as possible! There are so many software names popping up on this thread I hadn’t heard before. I think it’s handy to let people know there are so many great tools out there, it’s easy to get a bit lost! Cheers for sharing!
M
Mac does get quite pricy good motivation to build successful apps! Thanks for sharing!
M
I’m hearing about so many cool pieces of software through this thread! Awesome! Cheers for sharing C, I’d love to eventually check out the mac route of things…
M
Hey Rich thanks for sharing! Always good to get cheaper recommendations for those starting out! Programming/Development can get pretty expensive especially if you’re just starting out it seems!
M
2009 13" MacBook Pro with OS-X 10.8, 4GB of RAM and never a big enough hard drive with a 24" external monitor.
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Sublime Text 2
It seems everyone’s using mac! Guess it’s the way to go? Thanks Rob!
M
The problem with Windows is you can’t build for Apple’s iOS. A Mac is required for that. But that said, even doing web development, mysql development or anything short of needing to run Microsoft’s development environment, the Mac is generally a better tool. You can run Apache, PHP and MySQL locally (Apache and PHP ship with the OS). The editing tools, and things like Photoshop run like a champ on Macs. Even if I wasn’t building iOS apps, I would either be using Linux or a Mac to program on.
Well it depends on your target platform(s). If you are just going for android then you do not need a Mac at all.
But since you are able to build for both worlds on Mac many developers choose this OS
Right, well now I know what to buy when I make my millions ;)
I don’t want to go into a big Windows vs. Mac discussion here, but Mac is also, as Rob said, very fast and perfect for having multiple things open at a time (Corona Terminal + Simulator, code editor, graphics programs, and a finder window for project navigation). Windows gets slow rather quickly. IMO, Mac is worth the extra price - it’ll repay it in gained time and usability.